For the second time in just over a week, an earthquake shook Greater Victoria and the Lower Mainland overnight.
The quake, which hit just after 2 a.m., had a magnitude of 3.5, according Earthquakes Canada, and was centred about 18 kilometres west of Delta and east of Ladysmith at a depth of 65 kilometres.
The shaking was lightly felt, according to reports to Earthquakes Canada and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquakes Canada said there were no reports of damage, and none would be expected.
A 3.8-magnitude shaker in Haro Strait was recorded about 4 a.m. on Sept. 26. That earthquake, centred 11 kilometres east of Sidney and almost 55 kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, was felt by hundreds of people as far north as Nanaimo and Parksville and south to Washington state.
On Wednesday, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Vancouver Island — the latest and largest in a series of quakes in southwestern B.C. over the past month. Given the distance from land and the depth, it was not expected that it would be felt.
